Paper ID #40465Board 3: WIP - Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology withBiomedical Concentration (BMET) Curriculum DevelopmentDr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University Dr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA. Dr. Basith has a Ph.D and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Windsor, ON,Vajih Khan, Sam Houston State University Lecturer SHSU Department of Engineering Technology Mr. Khan has 20+years of industry experience helping companies successfully design and launch
Paper ID #38832Board 26: Work in Progress: Technical Scientific Writing across the BMEcurriculumDr. Amy Adkins, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Amy N. Adkins is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and North Carolina State University (NCSU). She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University and her B.S. in Engineering Science from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. Her technical research which relates to her PhD Dissertation is focused on utilizing novel imaging techniques to
researchprojects. The course already existed in the curriculum and the GCMs were introduced beforeteams started working together. The emphasis on competency focused on self-reportedintercultural communication skills development. Walter et al. [10] reported on an interestingmixture of synchronous and asynchronous resources that led undergraduate STEM studentsfrom four countries through a design based process to consider how to support healthinterventions in low resourced regions. Global engineering competency was collected froman ad hoc Likert scale survey focused on student attitudes to the collaboration experience.Alternatively, one can choose to integrate validated, but also intensive, case study tools. Forexample, Mazzurco, Jesiek & Godwin [11
Paper ID #39288Board 36: Case Study: Sequential Development of Sensing Skills in aCivil and Environmental Engineering CurriculumDr. Sarah Jane Christian P.E., Carnegie Mellon University Sarah Christian serves as an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in curricular innovation including integrating applications of emerging technology into projects and laboratory experiences, project-based learning, cur- ricular content threading, methods for instilling teamwork skills, and implementing pedagogical methods that help students to
industry and academia for more than 15 years.Joseph MendezNaveen Kumar Manimaran ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Replication of a 1/5th-Scale Autonomous Vehicle to Facilitate Curriculum Improvement in Cyber Engineering1. Background and Motivation To respond to the industry trend and the recent nationwide initiative for producing engineeringprofessionals in the cyber domain, our university launched an undergraduate degree program incyber engineering three years ago. Cyber engineering combines the fundamentals of computerengineering, cryptography, and cybersecurity techniques to design, incorporate, and secure systemsacross the digital landscape. This includes, but is
Paper ID #38804Board 242: Connecting Classroom Curriculum to Local Contexts to EnhanceEngineering Awareness In Elementary YouthDr. Rebekah J Hammack, Montana State University, Bozeman Rebekah Hammack is an Assistant Professor of K-8 Science Education at Montana State University. She holds a bachelors in animal science from the Ohio State University, a masters in animal science from Oklahoma State University, and a doctorate in science education form Oklahoma State University. Prior to beginning her faculty position at MSU, she completed an Albert Einstein Fellowship within the Directorate of Education and Human Resources
projects and graduate theses in the domain of renewable and solar PV systems [9]-[11], and has a prior experience of laboratory and curriculum development [12], [13].In this paper, the overview of the developed new course and laboratory are presented, whichincludes the lecture topics and laboratory equipment and experiments. Moreover, the commentsand feedback from the EAC including industrial partners are presented. Their major comment formodification is highlighted, and it is explained in detail as how it was addressed. In addition, thedescription of the offered faculty development workshop is presented, which includes the lecturetopics and hands-on laboratory activities, and finally an overview of the participants’ feedback isexplained. The
she spent time researching gibbons. She is continually inspired by nature and has dedicated her career to engaging students in STEM. Her current areas of focus include building climate resilience and promoting environmental stewardship through science and engineering education. She has published two children’s books to help foster early interest in science.Ethan Cayko ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Designing a Curriculum to Broaden Middle School Students’ Ideas about and Interest in EngineeringIntroductionEffectively addressing complex societal problems of the 21st century such as climate change andresource scarcity will require an extensive cadre of
Michael A. Butkus is a professor of environmental engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. His research has been focused on engineering education and advancements in the field of environmental engineering.Lt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Associate Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He currently serves as the director of the Environmental Prog ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Influence of Group Learning in Environmental Engineering: A Curriculum and Course-level
, and Computing (CEISMC). She is involved with engineering education innoMr. Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology After 14 years in the middle and high school math and engineering classroom where Mr. Rosen was working on the integration of engineering and robotics into the teaching of the core curricula classrooms. He has now been at Georgia Tech’s CEISMC for the pasDr. Marc Weissburg ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Case Study Investigating High School Teachers’ Implementation of an Engineering-focused Biologically Inspired Design Curriculum (Fundamental Research)AbstractThis research study explores teachers’ implementation of an
Paper ID #37522Understanding the Impact of an LSAMP Scholar ProgramDr. Yang Lydia Yang, Kansas State University Yang Lydia Yang is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Research Methodology at College of Educa- tion, Kansas State University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Florida Inter- national University. Her research interest include quantitative educational research design and statistical analyses, Q methodology, and recruitment and retention in STEM fields.Dr. Brenee King, Kansas State UniversityDr. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is the Assistant Dean for Retention
by requiring students to take an existing security course from another program (i.e.Computer Science, MIS, etc.). It could be accomplished by adding a new course to the curriculumspecifically to address security. With any of these methods, however, it should be visible to the publichow the program integrated security through catalog entries.Many factors potentially would impact this decision. In some cases, there are several shared courseswith an associated computer science program. The CAC ABET criteria for Computer Science was revisedin 2019 [14] to specifically call out the that the curriculum must include “Principles and practices forsecure computing.” In these cases, a single shared course for both software engineers and computerscience
et al. found that to enable teachers to teachCS and CT in an integrated manner, teachers need support staff, physical resources, willingness toexperiment, and the ability to notice student responses. Teachers faced many obstacles thatimpeded successful integration of CS and engineering into the elementary curriculum. Theystruggled to justify the time spent on CS and engineering when it was not part of standard,state-mandated curriculum. Despite the obstacles, support staff of PD researchers was a veryhelpful resource that enabled integration.3 MethodologyTo mitigate these challenges, it is first important to identify promising practices and techniques soteachers can be trained in those practices. We wanted to learn more about what
an MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of MissouriRolla. Dr. Ertekin has also been a Certified Manufactur- ing Engineer (CMfgE), awarded by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) since 2001, and a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) awarded by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) since 2004. In addition to positions in the automotive industry, Dr. Ertekin has held faculty positions at Western Ken- tucky University and Trine University. In 2010, he joined Drexel University’s College of Engineering as an associate clinical professor. He has been instrumental in course development and the assessment and improvement of the Engineering Technology (ET) curriculum, including integrated
Paper ID #37596Work in Progress: Integrating Engineering Design Projects into EarlyCurricular Courses at a Hispanic-serving InstitutionDr. David Hicks, Texas A&M University-Kingsville David Hicks is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Before joining TAMU-K he served as Associate Professor and Department Head at Aalborg University in Esbjerg, Denmark. He has also held positions in research labs in the U.S. as well as Europe, and spent time as a researcher in the software industry.Dr. Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC Michael
Leoncio Caban ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integrating Servingness in a Mini-Capstone Project: Resilient and Sustainable Emergency Housing Design Emergency housing has become a necessity in Puerto Rico due to the size and frequency of extreme natural events such as earthquakes and hurricanes that affect the island. The Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – Undergraduate Program (RISE-UP), funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) has developed an interdisciplinary curricular sequence to educate students to design infrastructure to withstand the impact of natural disasters. Three campuses of our
sustainability in the curricula; 3) integrating sustainability as a concept in currentdiscipline-based units and redesigning the essence of the unit considering sustainabilityconsiderations; and 4) designing new programs as part of faculties and schools targetedexclusively at sustainability topics. These four changes include components of two of the threetypical ‘phases of pedagogy activity’ described by Desha et al. [9] that compose engineeringcurriculum renewals towards sustainability, known as ad hoc exploration and the flagshipapproach. These two phases exemplify changes where there is an initial commitment to includesustainability topics, but the curriculum remains almost unaltered. Desha et al. included anadditional phase called integration, when
Performance Evaluation of an Ongoing Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of High- Achieving, Low-income Engineering StudentsAbstractThe present paper reports an update on an NSF-funded S-STEM program currently in its lastyear at the University of Illinois Chicago. Lessons learned during the project implementation arealso listed in the paper. A summary of the paper materials will be presented at the ASEE 2023Annual Conference and Exposition as part of the NSF Grantees Poster Session.The project's objectives are 1) enhancing students' learning by providing access to extra and co-curricular experiences, 2) creating a positive student experience through mentorship, and 3)ensuring successful student placement in
Paper ID #38696Board 104: An Accelerator of Human Innovation Integrating ContinuousImprovement and Lean Philosophy into Innovation Program forUndergraduate StudentsDr. Omar H. Albalawi, University of Tabuk Omar H Albalawi is an Assistant Professor of Industrial engineering at the University of Tabuk’s” Indus- trial Engineering Department.”, Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia. Dr.Omar received his MSc and Ph.D. in Indus- trial Engineering from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. His interests include engineering innovation, entrepreneurial engineering, lean manufacturing, engineering economy, renew- able energy
to solve complex problems in the FEW nexus. These experiencesallow us to develop an integrated systems thinking curriculum at the graduate level.Course StructureThe NRT Integrated FEW Systems course introduces students to systems thinking, with specificapplication to the FEW nexus in Western Kansas. The course establishes a knowledge base thatstudents build upon through educational and experiential components of the NRT traineeship.Course materials integrate engineering, economic, and social sciences systems, with focus on theunique challenges of enhancing rural resource resiliency in FEW systems. This course is a one-credit hour required course to NRT students that meets once a week for 50-minute class. It hasbeen offered every fall
Paper ID #37408Board 195: A Comparison of an Integrated Nonlinear Storytelling andSimulation-Based Learning Game Module Assigned Outside-the-Classroomversus Inside-the-ClassroomAshley SeamonMarcus JamesZoe MouchantafDr. Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Dr. Omar Ashour is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College. Dr. Ashour received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engi- neering and the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received his
and building guitars. In Hunter-Doniger, T. (Ed.), STEAM Education: Transdisciplinarity of Art in the Curriculum. NY, NY: NAEA.21. Tillman, D., An, S., Boren, R., & Slykhuis, D. (2014a). Building model NASA satellites: Elementary students studying science using a NASA-themed transmedia book featuring digital fabrication activities. J. of Comp. in Math. and Science Teaching, 33(3), 327-348.22. Tillman, D. A., An, S. A., & Boren, R. (2015a). Assessment of creativity in arts and STEM integrated pedagogy by preservice elementary teachers. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 23(3), 301-327.23. Tillman, D. A., An, S. A., & Robertson, W. H. (2019b). The relationship between formal and informal learning. In J. C
engineering to liberal arts students [3] orof adding liberal arts to the engineering curriculum [4]. During the 1980’s, the SloanFoundation’s New Liberal Arts Initiative made grants totaling $20 million in order to develop aset of courses that integrate technical and quantitative literacy into traditional liberal arts studies[5].Many small liberal arts colleges have tried to offer an engineering option through the adoption of3-2 programs [6]. Experience has shown, however, that very few students ultimately pursue the3-2 route for a number of reasonsfor instance, they want to continue participating in athleticsor they want to graduate with their friends. Other colleges have added engineering majors. Forinstance, Hope College in Michigan added
,pedagogical and student experiences. Similarly, with a focus on an engineering thermodynamics course,Riley [5] motivates the use of liberative pedagogies in engineering education by relating pedagogy tostudents’ prior experiences, student responsibility and authority, including ethics and policy, decenteringwestern knowledge systems.Institutional and Data Collection ContextThe student co-authors of this paper, who are currently in their sophomore year, are enrolled in anundergraduate engineering program developed around the intellectual theme of “human-centered”engineering. The program integrates the university’s liberal arts curriculum with an experientialengineering curriculum emphasizing societal responsibility.For the liberal arts requirement of
. Changes in the engineering curriculum thus come as part of a widerrethinking of pedagogical practice across the university.Along with the imminent implementation of new ABET criterion, the combination of the latestrevision to the university’s strategic plan, the growing number of students majoring in STEM,the Engineering Department’s desire to better integrate itself within LUM’s liberal arts core, anda nationwide reckoning of systemic biases that shape our historical present—all of these togetherhave served as an important impetus for radically rethinking LUM’s engineering curriculum,starting with EG 101: Introduction to Engineering. p. 3III. EG 101: Then and NowPrior to the revision of EG 101, few
parts of the university. Reflecting on the 1955 Grinter Report, Sheryl Sorby, Norman L. Fortenberry, and GaryBertoline suggest a need for a revolution in engineering education, writing: “Over the years, we educators have done some tinkering around the edges, such as adding in a capstone design project, or replacing Fortran with other programming languages – but the basic structure of the curriculum remains unchanged even though our students can now find information on their phones that might have taken us hours to track down in the library.”3There is no doubt about the need for technical training, but how engineering educatorsincorporate nontechnical skills also has an impact on creating a well-rounded
Paper ID #40824A Practical RF Engineering Curriculum for Engineering Technology Stu-dentsDr. Doug Kim, Farmingdale State College Dr. Kim is currently an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Farm- ingdale State College. He worked in RF and wireless industry for more than 15 years before joining academia. Dr. Kim received B.S. in EECS from University of California Berkeley, M.S. in EE from University of Southern California and Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A Practical RF Engineering Curriculum for Engineering
STEM, both for the students andthrough the community projects that they developed. Implemented over two semesters, thecurriculum created for the STEM FHF program included an interdisciplinary Directorship team,the creation of an expansive learning community, and intentional leadership training thatincluded issues of diversity, inclusion, community engagement, project management, andleadership skills.3,4As part of the creation of the STEM FHF program, the Foundry provided a guiding framework tobetter understand how the various elements of the program could be integrated to enhancestudents’ experience through the KAP and KTP. Table 1 (column 2) illustrates how the variouselements of the Foundry were represented in the curriculum development of
).This situation necessitates environmental engineers who understand transportation engineeringand transportation engineers who are familiar with the solutions for environmental engineeringissues. In this background, an undergraduate environmental engineering program can incorporatecomponents in its curriculum and research to address transportation-related environmentalproblems. This inclusion can be done in two ways: 1. Developing a transportation engineeringminor in an environmental engineering program; 2. Enhancing the existing environmentalengineering curriculum with transportation components. In addition, an EnvironmentalEngineering for Transportation certificate program can also be developed for practicingenvironmental and transportation
Title: Consensus Building Method for Expert Crowdsourcing of Curriculum TopicsAbstractState of the art curriculum development efforts are done with a committee often consisting oftwo to four faculty members but are commonly undertaken by the assigned course instructor.However, the small number of faculty participants in the curriculum development effort canyield an out-of-date and insufficient curriculum for students entering the industry workforce [1],[2], [3], [4]. Crowdsourcing has been used to gather more input from domain experts consistingof faculty and industry professionals [2], [3], [5]. However, these efforts can yield large amountsof inputs from various crowd workers resulting in additional time required for the